my focus and concern is really more on syria. it is now going from a civil war to a regional conflict. jordan is the destabilized, lebanon is destabled and proxy war between the united states and iran and we are watching this happen. we need american leadership. we needed a no-fly zone. we need to understand that when russia and assad crossed red line use of chemical weapons, if we do nothing, iranians aren't going to believe we are serious about nuclear weapons. >> john: the president announced he is going to provide arms to syrian rebels. c.i.a. will vet rebel groups before it arms them. a question a lot of people have, how do you adequately vet a syrian rebel group? >> i think that is one of the reasons the president has been cautious. syria has a broad range of groups groups, some are pro democratic, some are just sunnis that have been oppressed but some are pretty bad, affiliates of al-qaeda. people are talking about qatar is giving them shoulder held missiles that can take out airplanes. they sent it over to al-qaeda they c